Re: Internet explorer administrator problem

In article <dkqto6$6kc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
richard.prossor@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
> MoiToo wrote:
> > How about resetting all IE properties to default (you may guess, this is me
> > running out of ideas ;))
> > "Richard Prossor" <richard.prossor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:436FB665.9060308@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>MoiToo wrote:
> >>
> >>>Richard,
> >>> I would run hijack this, to see if there are any processes starting
> >>>with IE/Explorer which should not be there. There is no likely GPO to do
> >>>this, particularly when you are receiving that error.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Richard Prossor" <richard.prossor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>news:dkluv7$ra9$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On my SBS server Internet explorer hangs if I try to use it when logged
> >>>>on as administrator (error message as below). There is no problem if I
> >>>>log on as another user. I assume there must be a group policy problem or
> >>>>something similar but any suggestions where I should look would be
> >>>>appreciated
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards
> >>>>
> >>>>Richard
> >>>>
> >>>>The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Microsoft Internet
> >>>>Explorer ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary
> >>>>registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a
> >>>>remote computer. The following information is part of the event:
> >>>>iexplore.exe, 6.0.2800.1106, wininet.dll, 6.0.2800.1511, 00061b7d.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Thanks your reply
> >>
> >>I have looked through the log for hijackthis and there is nothing that
> >>stands out. In any case I would have expected this sort of problem to have
> >>affected all users rather than just the administrator account.
> >>
> >>Any more ideas?
> >>
> >>Richard
> >
> >
> >
> Fortunately I have managed to resolve this problem.
>
> I went to winnt.sbs/profiles/administrator/local settings/ and deleted
> all the contents of the history and temporary internet files (except for
> index.dat which I couldn't delete). This has cured the problem

You can delete the .dat files - everything - if you log on as a admin=
user on another account.

--
Duncan
.

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